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by samfishers » 27 Apr 2007 7:31
heu, guys in one of my locks i have spacers. doest that means something and when i repin it, it wont go up again!!
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by UWSDWF » 27 Apr 2007 7:33
spacers? what do you mean by spacers?
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by Eyes_Only » 27 Apr 2007 7:39
Do you mean a master pin?
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by samfishers » 27 Apr 2007 13:23
no, no, guys i mean like a little piece of metal between the pin and the driver pin, like a slice of a pin, you get it?
i was wondering if that was like a false breaking point?
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by UWSDWF » 27 Apr 2007 13:34
samfishers wrote:no, no, guys i mean like a little piece of metal between the pin and the driver pin, like a slice of a pin, you get it?
i was wondering if that was like a false breaking point?
yes yes , guy you are talking about a master pin (wafer) look it up
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by samfishers » 27 Apr 2007 14:06
no, no a was repining it it, it is not a wafer lock its a pin tumbler lock a door lock a Russwin lock
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by freakparade3 » 27 Apr 2007 14:15
Master pins are used in pin tumbler locks. The "slices" of pins you are talking about are master pins. Master pins are used to master key a lock. What that means is that you can use keys with different biting to open the lock. Master pins also make the lock easier to pick because a master keyed lock has multiple shearlines.
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by UWSDWF » 27 Apr 2007 14:29
ohh look a fluffy dog......
MASTER PIN.... MASTER PIN... MASTER PIN
due to the fact that they are so vey tin at times are refered (innapropriately) as a wafer (wafer thin)
LOOK UP
Master keying
Master pin
Master pinning
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by Jaakko » 27 Apr 2007 17:35
samfishers wrote:no, no a was repining it it, it is not a wafer lock its a pin tumbler lock a door lock a Russwin lock
Sorry, but either I'm drunk or you have some issues with your english  I had to literally read that one with a thought. No offence, just wondering
And as has been told, the little thing you've encountered is a master pin. Reminds those little button cell batteries in wrist watches, except much smaller.
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by samfishers » 27 Apr 2007 17:50
ox thax all for that and sorry UWSDF because i thought master pin were like security pins  .
and ok i have also a little ball in side the lock what does tha means? is it still like for a master key?
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by UWSDWF » 27 Apr 2007 17:59
thats for contractor keying or anti-drill it depends where you found it
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by Schuyler » 27 Apr 2007 18:18
I'd put 90% that it's anti-drill / anti-wear. The construction keyed locks I have are extraordinarily small balls, and many of them.
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by Chucklz » 27 Apr 2007 21:09
Corbin, Russwin, Corbin/Russwin, and Sargent locks often have a ball as the bottom pin in the first chamber of the lock. This is an antiwear measure, as the first pin in the lock gets the most abuse in inserting/removing a key.
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by samfishers » 28 Apr 2007 8:23
oww ok that put up a light 
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by samfishers » 1 May 2007 17:02
freakparade3 wrote: Master pins also make the lock easier to pick because a master keyed lock has multiple shearlines.
maybe easier to open, but not to repin
i tried and failled a couple of times
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